Guide for attachment to newspaper containing receptacles



'R. E. WHITE Aug. 22, 1950 GUIDE FOR ATTACl-MENT T0 NEWSPAPER-CONTAINING RECEPTACLES Filed Sept. :5, 1948 INVENTOR. Fa ZQOZ h zz'z e BY Patented Aug. 22, 1950 GUIDEFOR"ATTIAOHMENIE. [HQ-NEWSPAPER- GONTAINING REGEPTKCLES" Ralpl'rEI White, Alpine; Greg-z Application September 3, 1948;-,Serial.No..-47,607-

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a guide for attachment to a newspaper-containing receptacle, and more particularly to a guide of the type for insuring the entry of a newspaper into the receptacle when placed thereon.

An object of the invention is to provide a guide for attachment to the open end of a newspapercontaining receptacle which will positively insure the entry into the receptacle of the newspaper when forcibly projected thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a guide for attachment to the open end of a newspaper-containing receptacle which will positively insure the entry into the receptacle of the newspaper when forcibly projected thereon from a moving vehicle, and which will prevent the newspaper from bouncing out of the receptacle.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a guide for attachment to the open end of a newspaper-containing receptacle which is simple in structure and which may be readily attached to or detached from the open end of said receptacle.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

' Figure l is a side elevational view showing the guide according to the present invention attached to the open end of a newspaper-containing receptacle;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 3;

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the guide shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral I designates a tubular-shaped newspaper-containing receptacle or holder having one end I1 closed and its opposite end}! open, the open end of said receptacle being provided with a rolled edge or annular bead I2. Arranged in abutting relation with respect to the open end of the receptacle I9 is a guide I3 attached thereto, the guide being a body of sheet metal or similar thin walled material having a substantially semi-circular cross sectional shape. The front end of the guide I3 is provided with a tapering projection or nose I4. The rear end of the guide I3 is turned inwardly so as to form a collar I8, the collar being of a size greater than a semi-circle but less than a full circle, with its ends spaced from each other. The collar I8 embracingly engages the rolled edge or bead I2 of the holder ID, and the guide is provided adjacent the collar I8 with an internal groove formation 22 receiving the rolled edge I2 of the holder. The ends of the collar I8 are extended as indicated at I9 and 20 to bear against the exterior side of the holder I0 adjacent the rolled edge or head l2 to retain the guide I3 in position on the bead I2. Adjacent the groove formation 22 the guide has an inwardly inclined lip formation I5 which bears against the rolled edge or bead I2 of the holder so that this bead is resiliently clamped between the collar I8 and the lip formation I5.

With the guide I3 in assembled position on the holder I I], a newspaper forcibly projected thereon from a moving vehicle will be directed inwardly and over the lip I5 into the interior of the holder. Should the projecting force of the newspaper be such that it strikes the closed end of the holder and rebounds forwardly, the lip I5 serves to arrest the forward movement of the newspaper, thereby causing it to be retained in the holder.

The interior face of the guide I3 has lettering 2| thereon for indicating the days when papers are to be delivered to each domicile. This lettering is arranged in upright position for the particular direction of approach to the receptacle, as shown in full lines in Figures 1 and 2. For the opposite direction of approach, the guide would be shifted over to the opposite side of the receptacle, in which case the lettering would have to be applied in the inverted position, as indicated in broken lines, relative to the full line indication thereof. I

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings, it will be apparent that I have provided a new construction. It is, of course, to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination with a tubular newspaper holder having an open end and a rolled edge surrounding such open end, a guide for directing newspapers into such holder comprising a thin walled body of substantially semi-circular cross sectional shape laterally extended at one end and rolled to provide a collar extending through an are greater than a semi-circle and embracingly engaging said holder behind the rolled edge of the latter, said body also having an internal groove formation adjacent said collar receiving the rolled edge on said holder,

and an inwardly inclined lip formation adjacent said groove formation and overlying said rolled edge to resiliently clamp said rolled edge between said collar and said lip formation and thereby secure said guide in outwardly extending relationship to said holder at one side of the open end of the latter.

2. In combination with a tubular newspaper holder having an open end and a rolled edge surrounding such. open end, a guide for directing newspapers into such holder comprising a thin walled body of substantially semi-circular cross sectional shape laterally extending at one end and rolled to provide a collar extending through an are greater than a semi-circle and embracingly engaging said holder behind the rolled edge of the latter, saidbody also having an internal groove formation adjacent said collar receiving the rolled edge on said holder, and an inwardly inclined lip formation adjacent said groove formation and overlying said rolled edge to resiliently clamp said rolled edge between said collar and said lip formation and thereby secure said guide in outwardly extending relationship to said holder at one side of the open end of the latter, said body being tapered at its opposite end to provide an outwardly extending nose.

r file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,120,857 Crawford et a1 June 14, 1938 2,420,487 Long May 13, 1947 

